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Breaking: Tillerson out at State, to be replaced by CIA chief Pompeo

Daily Dispatch March 13, 2018

Barely 24 hours after visiting President Muhammadu Buhari, President Donald Trump has removed  Rex Tillerson as secretary of state. Making a surprise Twitter announcement Trump said he’s naming CIA director Mike Pompeo to replace him. “Mike Pompeo, Director of the CIA, will become

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Plane carrying 67 passengers crashes at Airport

Daily Dispatch March 12, 2018

A Bangladesh plane carrying 67 passengers onboard crashed on Monday in a football pitch near Kathmandu airport. The plane crashed while trying to land at Kathmandu airport. Number of casualties is yet to be ascertained. However, 20 passengers have been rescued as firefighters battled to extinguish the burning wreckage and rescue more passengers. “There were […]

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Babies’ bodies found in bottles during house renovation

Daily Dispatch March 12, 2018

Termite exterminators working on a house renovation in the Japanese capital uncovered the bodies of several babies preserved in bottles, some with umbilical cords still attached, Kyodo news agency said on Monday. Three or four such bottles were found beneath the floor of a house abandoned for the past three years, where an obstetrician had […]

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Zambia launches crackdown on sex toys

Daily Dispatch March 12, 2018

Zambia is waging a fierce campaign against sex dolls, threatening offenders with heavy jail terms over the dolls which, it says, are “very unnatural”. “No one sells them openly, no one admits to owning one, and no one has been arrested,’’ report said. The government launched the crackdown on the sex toys last month. The […]

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Billionaire sworn in as Chile President

Daily Dispatch March 11, 2018

Conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera was sworn in Sunday to his second term as president of Chile, replacing socialist Michelle Bachelet in the office for the second time in eight years. An emotional Bachelet helped Pinera put on the sash of office, gave him a kiss and then left the Congress with members of her government. […]

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Xi Jinping now to rule China till death

Daily Dispatch March 11, 2018

China’s parliament on Sunday almost unanimously passed a series of constitutional amendments, including one that removes presidential term limits, allowing President Xi Jinping to remain in office indefinitely. The announcement of the vote, witnessed by reporters in the Great Hall of the People, passed with two “no” votes and three abstentions among almost 3,000 delegates.